Senate begins screening of El-Rufai, Umahi, 12 others

The Senate has commenced screening the remaining 14 ministerial nominees as earlier requested by President Bola Tinubu.

Among those listed for the day’s screening are the former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El’ Rufai, and Sen. David Umahi, the former governor of Ebonyi who is also the Deputy Senate Leader.

On Thursday, July 28, President Tinubu forwarded a list of 28 ministerial nominees to the upper chamber, asking it to confirm the nominees for appointment as ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Consequently, the Senate commenced the exercise on Monday and screened 14 of the nominees, with 14 of them pending.

The 14 pending nominees were already listed on the Senate’s Order Paper for today’s legislative business for screening.

Those on the list are: David Umahi (Ebonyi); Adebayo Edun (Ogun); Nasir El-rufai (Kaduna); Ahmed Dangiwa (Katsina); Uche Nnaji (Enugu); Stella Okotete (Delta); and Dele Alake (Ekiti).

Others are: Mr. Adekola Adelabu (Oyo), Muhammad Idris (Niger), Prof. Ali Pate (Bauchi), Doris Uzoka (Imo), Lateef Fagbemi (Kwara), Ekperikpe Ekpo (Akwa Ibom), and Hannatu Musawa (Katsina).